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Spring 2000 Miami River Run - Ammons Middle School

This picture shows the city of Miami on the shoreline of Biscayne Bay. Here you can see a casino yacht for Bayside departing from the dock. The buildings you see in the background show commercial and business properties by the water.

Here is a picture of erosion along the bank of the Miami River. The erosion runs dangerously close to the school.

This an example of a bascule bridge closing after a ship has passed along the Miami River. A bascule bridge is a bridge that opens interrupting the traffic in order to allowtall ships to pass across the waterway

This photo shows houses along the riverbank of the Miami River. Here you can see small houses in an area assigned as a historical site. The owners of the homes most likely own boats.

While on the boat we were assigned specific tests. We use this device for collecting water samples for our tests.

Here is the bottle used to collect water samples to conduct the experiments. As you can see, a lock has been used as a weight.

This project was developed and is managed by the Center for Innovation in Engineering and
Science Education (CIESE), which is located at Stevens Institute of Technology in
Hoboken, New Jersey.